Playing game



B. A. OEHLER PLAYING GAME Filed Nov. 18, 1956 Patented Jan. 31, 1939UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to the improvements in a playing game in the formof a hand-spinning top having designating positions thereon forindicating either advancement 0r recession of each player in a gamerepresenting baseball or the like, wherein advanced or retrogradepositions of players may be indicated on the device or top, whenspinning thereof has ceased.

The main object of the invention is to provide a hand spinning devicesuch as a top with indications adjacent its perimeter and having apivotally mounted pointing element thereon which is capable ofindependent spinning movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand-spinning device forplaying game purposes, in the form of a disc which is fixedly sedevicemay be spun and with a pointer loosely turnable on the peg in the planeof the disc for pointing cooperation with identifying characters on thedisc.

Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progressesand. by reference to the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a top or spinning device having theinvention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section taken approximately on theline 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view showing a modification of the invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, 3 designates a discwhich may be made from relatively stiff card board or metal or anymaterial presenting a stiifness, said disc having a centrally disposedsleeve 4 securely fixed thereto, and said sleeve having prongs 5 on itsupper end for indenting engagement with the turning peg 6 for securelyfixing the disc 3 to the peg.

Before mounting and securing the disc 3 to the peg 6, a pointer I havingan intermediately disposed opening, is mounted on the extending end ofthe sleeve 4, the opening of the pointer being of a size to permit thepointer being loosely mounted on the sleeve, and for spacing the pointerabove the disc 3, a shoulder 8 is provided on the sleeve, and on whichthe pointer rests or seats.

The disc 3, its centrally secured sleeve 4 and the pointer I, aremounted together on the reduced end 9 of the peg 6 and the prongs 5 ofthe sleeve are then pressed into the shouldered end H] of the peg. Thismanner of securing the device together will rigidly fix the disc 3 tothe peg E and at the same time provide the pointer 1 free for rotarymovement on the sleeve 4.

disposed peg by which the The disc 3 on its top surface adjacent itsperimeter is provided with a plurality of indications denoting termsused in a baseball game, as designated at H, and said disc on itsperimeter is also provided with a plurality of projec- 5 tions l2, saidprojections being for the purpose of engagement by a player to stoprotation of the device after spinning the same, or the device may bestopped from spinning by engaging the button 13 which is secured on theupper end of 10 the peg 6.

In playing a game of baseball with this improved device, a player willengage the button l3 and upon twirling the same for spinning the disc 3,the pointer 1 by reason of it being loosely 15 mounted on the sleeve 4of the peg, will of course be displaced; firstly, on the impulse oftwirling or rotating the disc before the pointer is picked up by thetwirling momentum of the disc or peg, and secondly, by the suddenstopping of the disc 2 which will result in the pointer subsequentlystopping at random on one of the several indications II, as denoting anaction or position in the baseball game which the player must assume inadvancing or receding a positon, as required in 25 the game.

The reason for stopping the revolving of the disc 3 by touching orengaging the projections I 2 thereof, or by engaging the button 13shortly after twirling it, is for the purpose of eliminating the timewhich would otherwise be required for the twirling momentum to cease,and so that a game among players may progress with some activity andspeed.

Players in succession may take turns in twirling and stopping the devicefor freely shifting the pointer l to an at random directing position,and if desired, a playing chart with movable ob- V jects may be used inconjunction with the device.

The modified showing in Fig. 3 is that of a 40 cover disc l5 which isloosely mounted on the turning peg I8 over the disc l4 and said disc l5having a recess H3 at its perimeter through which the terms orcharacters H on the fixed disc 14 can be seen, said disc I5 and itsrecess it an- 45 swering the purposes of the pointer 1 shown in Figs. 1and 2, when the device is spun by twirling the button I! of the plug l8.

Obviously constructional modifications of the device are possiblewithout departing from the spirit of the present invention and thereforeit is to be understood that it is not necessary to limit the inventionby the terms used in the foregoing description, excepting such as thestate of the art may require.

What I claim is:

A spinning device comprising a disc having a shouldered supporting peg,a sleeve to which said disc is fixedly secured and said sleeve at oneend 5 having a prong penetrating the shoulder for seccuring it to thepeg, radially disposed indicating characters on the top surface of saiddisc, and indicating means freely mounted on said sleeve between theshoulder of said peg and said disc for cooperation with said characters.

BENJAMIN A. OEHLER.

